(CNN)-- The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) on Wednesday revealed the identity of a US soldier believed killed in battle in Jordan.

The department said in a statement: "Sergeant Angel Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, is believed to have been killed in battle on July 17, during an enemy attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan."

The soldier had previously been listed as missing by US Central Command (CENTCOM).

The Pentagon explained that Rampersad was serving in the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, in Ansbach, Germany.

Over the weekend, the US Army announced it had found the remains of an unidentified missing soldier in Jordan.

The identity of the remains has not been definitively established yet.

The Pentagon announced that the incident is under investigation.

Jordanian territory has been subjected to almost daily drone and missile attacks from Iran since the conflict between Iran and the United States escalated about two weeks ago.

Jordan hosts a large deployment of US military aircraft.

Two US soldiers were killed in Jordan on Friday as a result of Iranian rocket attacks targeting the kingdom.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for the attacks in Jordan in a statement issued Saturday.

These deaths, initially announced on Saturday, were the first US casualties resulting from Iranian attacks since March.

Before the Pentagon announced Rampersad's identity, it had announced over the weekend that the US had found the remains of an unidentified missing soldier in Jordan.

The remains have not been definitively identified yet, but the military believes they belong to Rampersad.

The soldiers' bodies will be transferred with dignity on Wednesday, according to a US administration official.

With these deaths, the number of US soldiers killed in the ongoing war of about five months rises to 18, including the soldier believed killed in Jordan.

Six US Army Reserve soldiers were killed on March 1 as a result of a direct Iranian raid targeting a temporary operations center at Kuwait's Shuaiba Port. Days later, an Army sergeant died from wounds sustained in an attack in Saudi Arabia.

On March 12, six service members were killed in the crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft belonging to the US Air Force in western Iraq, although the incident was "not the result of hostile or friendly fire."

The relative calm in the fighting recently turned into something like an all-out war over the past week, as the US targeted Iranian railways, roads, and tunnels, while Iran launched attacks on a growing number of countries in the region.

Despite these attacks, officials expressed hope over the weekend that a diplomatic solution could be reached.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Sunday that the US "remains open" to dialogue, while an Iranian official similarly expressed openness to discussions.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the killing of US service members was "very sad," and added to NewsNation: "We are sorry for what is happening. It is in service to our nation."